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So it's Watchathon Week on my cable, meaning lots and lots of on demand you'd normally pay for is free. So far this week, I watched Outlander, and then I decided to try Black Sails. So I watch the pilot, and then go to watch the second episode when I notice a name in the credits I hadn't noticed the first time (I was presumably distracted from noticing the names by the credit sequence itself which is quite something). This is an actor I know and love, and I start to think about who he might be playing, and it dawns on me and *boom* mind blown. OMFG.
The actor is Mark Ryan, aka Nasir from Robin of Sherwood, aka my favorite character from my favorite show. (See icon). I am embarrassed to say, I hadn't recognized him in the Black Sails pilot. In my defense, his voice is totally, completely different in both accent and register (not that Nasir spoke a ton). I think for his pirate role, he's deliberately speaking much lower and gruffer than his natural speaking voice, and the actor has done a lot of voice work, so he can presumably manipulate it as he pleases. And since I've seen millions of gifsets from the show on Tumblr, the question of familiarity didn't really dawn on me. Oh yes, and then there's the thirty years that have passed to turn this…
…into this:
Oh, time. You do a number on us all, don't you. It had already turned Ray Winstone from this…
into this:
Stay strong, Michael Praed! You are not doing too bad, please hold on, so the rest of us have some hope!
Ah, better.
The actor is Mark Ryan, aka Nasir from Robin of Sherwood, aka my favorite character from my favorite show. (See icon). I am embarrassed to say, I hadn't recognized him in the Black Sails pilot. In my defense, his voice is totally, completely different in both accent and register (not that Nasir spoke a ton). I think for his pirate role, he's deliberately speaking much lower and gruffer than his natural speaking voice, and the actor has done a lot of voice work, so he can presumably manipulate it as he pleases. And since I've seen millions of gifsets from the show on Tumblr, the question of familiarity didn't really dawn on me. Oh yes, and then there's the thirty years that have passed to turn this…
…into this:
Oh, time. You do a number on us all, don't you. It had already turned Ray Winstone from this…
into this:
Stay strong, Michael Praed! You are not doing too bad, please hold on, so the rest of us have some hope!
Ah, better.
